Back when no country came out R and I tried to guess who would play the different parts. I had become familiar with Javier Bardem by watching Spanish movies on Netflix, but I still got that one wrong (I think I picked Kevin Spacey.) But we both picked Tommy for the sheriff.

When I saw that cover in the supermarket, I thought, yes, Viggo is the perfect actor.

Roberto hasn’t read it either. I don’t know how it might work seeing the movie first, but I read it in one sitting on a rainy Sunday and I was in a dark mood for quite a while afterwards. My suggestion is to set aside some time and just read the thing. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t read it, but mostly I’m glad I did.

Have you read any of McCarthy’s other novels? He’s a favorite of mine.

I haven’t read any McCarthy – but his stuff always looks appealing in the reviews. My reading has been sort of scattered lately – mostly magazines and books people lend me. It’s been a few years since i really lost myself in a novel.

I kind of find my own way when reading. There’s another novel, The Lovely Bones, which I think is being made into a movie, but happened the same way with me. I read it in an afternoon because I couldn’t put it down.

You might read McCarthy’s trilogy before reading Blood Meridian. I did and it made reading the latter more understandable.

I hope you had a good Thankgiving. I did and am about to write about it.